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Stringent vs Costive - What's the difference?

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Stringent is a related term of costive.


As adjectives the difference between stringent and costive

is that stringent is strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe while costive is constipated.

stringent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe
    • They have stringent quality requirements outlining what is acceptable.

    Related terms

    * strict * stricture

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    costive

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • constipated
  • miserly, parsimonious

    • Quotations

    ; constipated (figurative) * 2005 , , Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 346: *: Melanie, who was used to Wani's costive memos, and even to dressing up the gist of a letter in her own words, stuck out her tongue in concentration as she took down Nick's old-fashioned periods and perplexing semicolons.